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Amphitheater Bridge, Spanning Little Harbor Brook on Amphitheater Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME



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Location
Spanning Little Harbor Brook on Amphitheater Road, Seal Harbor vicinity, ME

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.

Notes
Survey number HAER ME-41
Building/structure dates: 1932 initial construction
Significance: The largest bridge on the Rockefeller carriage road system, Amphitheater Bridge carries the Amphitheater section of the Sargent Mountain road over Little Harbor Brook in one of Acadia National Park's most scenic sections. The structure is significant for the attention devoted to landscape concerns during its planning and construction.

Subjects
Concrete Arch Bridges
Transportation
Bridge Construction


Related Names
Stoughton, Charles W.
Simpson, Paul D.
Rockefeller, John D.
Ralston, S. F.
Cammerer, Arno B.
Wosky, John B.
Quin, Richard H., Historian


Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

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